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Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Ashley Biden shared a photo of husband Howard Krein hand in hand with ‘his girlfriend' hours before bombshell divorce filing
Ashley Biden, the former first daughter who is fresh off filing for divorce from her husband, Dr. Howard Krein, shared a picture purportedly showing her ex with another woman. 'My husband and his girlfriend holding hands,' the 44-year-old wrote in the Instagram Story, over a picture of a man and a woman taken from behind. She accompanied the story with the Notorious B.I.G. song 'Another,' featuring Lil' Kim, which details an affair. 'What do you do when your man is untrue? Do you cut the sucker off and find someone new?' Lil' Kim raps in the portion of the song Biden shared on social media. The dark-haired man in a casual short-sleeved shirt and the blond woman in a strapless black dress are not immediately identifiable, but Biden's message was clear. Sunday morning's Instagram Story — which was quickly taken down — came just hours before Biden filed for a divorce from the 58-year-old plastic surgeon in a Philadelphia court after 13 years of marriage. Another since-deleted Instagram Story, showing Biden walking through a park giving a thumbs-up to the tune of Beyonce's song 'Freedom,' also appeared to allude to the split. In a subsequent story accompanied by the Lauryn Hill song 'Freedom Time,' she reposted a quote, 'New life, new beginnings means new boundaries. New ways of being that won't look or sound like they did before.' Former President Joe Biden's daughter is seeking spousal support from her ex as part of the divorce, court records seen by Radar Online show. Biden, executive director of the nonprofit Delaware Center for Justice, is 'unable to sustain herself' while the divorce is pending, according to the documents filed by her attorney Charles Meyer. She is requesting a no-fault divorce, claiming that the marriage is 'irretrievably broken,' and that the couple are living 'separate and apart,' the documents show. Biden and Krein did not respond to requests for comment Thursday. The couple married in 2012 in Greenville, Delaware, two years after meeting through Ashley's late brother, Beau, who died of cancer in 2015. Krein, a New Jersey-born otolaryngologist at Thomas Jefferson University, proposed in 2011 at Big Sur, California. They married at Delaware's St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in a ceremony combining her traditions with Krein's Jewish ones, before the couple and some 200 guests traveled to the Biden family's nearby lakeside home in Wilmington for a reception and dinner. Joe Biden, who was vice president at the time, personally prepped the house for his youngest child's wedding. 'I kept telling Ash, we've got to open up the church and practice walking up and down the aisle so I can handle it,' he previously told People. He was also full of praise for his future son-in-law, saying, 'This is the right guy. And he's getting a helluva woman.' Krein also served on the Biden Cancer Initiative's board of directors between 2017 and 2019, and advised his 2020 presidential campaign on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in an unofficial capacity. At last year's DNC in Chicago, Ashley Biden recounted her wedding day and discussed her father's words to her before she tied the knot. 'Before he walked me down the aisle, he turned to me and said he would always be my best friend. All these years later, Dad, you are still my best friend,' she said in an address that brought her father to tears. Originally published as Ashley Biden shared a photo of husband Howard Krein hand in hand with 'his girlfriend' hours before bombshell divorce filing
Bloomberg
11-08-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Forgotten US Global Bond Funds Face ‘Show-Me-the-Money' Moment
Jack McIntyre's US global bond fund, aided by a slumping dollar, is posting one of the best performances in its almost two decades of existence. His challenge is convincing investors that it's more than just a flash in the pan. His $1.3 billion Brandywine Global Opportunities Bond Fund is up about 12% this year through Aug. 7, a return it's only beat on a full-year basis twice in the past decade. It's also trouncing virtually all of its peers, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Daily Mirror
22-07-2025
- General
- Daily Mirror
Gardening expert shares one thing people can do to get tomatoes to ripen earlier
Gardening expert James Prigioni says impatient gardeners can fast-track their tomato crop not by adding something, but by taking something away, to get them to ripen more quickly For gardeners, there's nothing quite like the joy and cost-saving of growing your own vegetables. Yet, the wait for home-grown produce to reach the dinner plate can test one's patience. James Prigioni from The Gardening Channel has a tip for those eager to speed up their tomato harvest – and it's all about what you remove, not add. James emphasises the importance of recognising whether your tomatoes are Determinate or Indeterminate before you start snipping away. He explained: "Pruning has some major benefits, especially when it comes to ripening. Tomatoes that are pruned tend to produce fruit 2 weeks earlier than ones that aren't pruned." Determinate tomatoes, also known as bush tomatoes, grow to a set height and yield a single batch of fruit before ceasing growth, whereas Indeterminate varieties keep on growing and fruiting until the cold snap hits. Among the well-known Indeterminate tomato types are Beefsteak, Big Boy, Brandywine, Sungold, and Sweet Million, while their Determinate counterparts include Roma, Celebrity, and San Marzano Nano. On an Indeterminate tomato plant, James showcased his pruning method: "We want to prune our plants to a single stem." James clarifies: "The reason we do this, is because when we prune our plants, we are redirecting the energy from growing leaves and new shoots over to the production of fruit and the ripening of that fruit. "It's like we choose to make the plant focus on fruit instead of on the leaves because that's what we want." If you neglect to prune your tomatoes, James cautions, you'll be left with a lush, leafy plant that doesn't yield much fruit: "In my opinion, I'd rather have a tomato trellis loaded with fruit," he says. Letting your tomato plants grow into a bush can lead to issues beyond a lack of fruit, James points out: "When it comes to indeterminate tomatoes, being bushy like this isn't ideal because it makes it much more susceptible to disease issues and the tomatoes ripen slower." James, who hails from the US, notes that 2025 has been particularly challenging for early blight, so he's opted for the cherry bomb variety, which he touts as having "bomb-proof resistance and disease resistance to early blight." Over here in the UK, some favoured blight-resistant varieties include Crimson Crush, Fantasio and Sungold. James advises that, regardless of the variety you select, a pruned plant will benefit from improved airflow and light penetration, which aids in warding off diseases. This, in turn, will help your plants ripen tomatoes quicker.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Biden seen for first time since cancer diagnosis
Battered and bruised by a week of revelations about his health, Joe Biden took comfort in a familiar routine and attended evening mass on Saturday. His slimmed-down motorcade – just two black SUVs – drove up just as the bells at St Joseph's on the Brandywine, near his Delaware home, finished tolling. Just as he has done for decades, as senator, vice president and president, he attended five o'clock mass, arriving with just his security detail. He wore a blue blazer and slip-on trainers for his visit, walking past gravestones on his way to the church entrance, offering a cheque for the collection and a hug to a church official. Afterwards he emerged with his sister Valerie, and spent 20 minutes greeting and talking with parishioners, who said he appeared strong and was finding comfort in his faith. Mgr John Hopkins said: 'He's been part of this community for what... 40, 50 years. This is a place where he can be at peace.' A week earlier Mr Biden, 82, revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. During the past week, a book was also published that contains extraordinary allegations that he had struggled to recognise friends or aides at times during his four years in office, while his top officials battled to keep him in power. The details threaten to derail post-presidential plans to build his legacy with a library and to cash in with a memoir and lucrative speaking engagements. Donors are reportedly lukewarm on supporting his library and a slew of strategists told The Telegraph that Mr Biden has become a political liability ahead of crucial midterm elections next year. In the meantime, he has been adjusting to civilian life by returning to a routine well-known to residents around his home in Greenville, an upmarket neighbourhood outside Wilmington, where he built a family home in the 1990s on four acres of land. He has become a regular sight at the railway station, travelling back and forth to Washington, DC. He has posed for selfies at a nearby cafe, shopped at a drugstore, collected takeout from his favourite diner and browsed the rails at a menswear store where he is famous for rarely making purchases. He visited a JoS A Banks store about three weeks ago, according to Johnnie Morrison, the store's manager. Mr Morrison said staff had gotten used to seeing Secret Service agents turn up minutes before the former president. Mr Biden browsed the shirts, suits, socks and underpants before leaving empty-handed. Mr Morrison said: 'It's what he always does. It's like a habit. 'It's like he does it to get out of the house and get a bit of peace and quiet.' He did the same while he was president. His press pool, waiting outside on a bus, often reported that he had visited the store and left without having bought anything. Mr Morrison added that the man who visited the store bore little resemblance to the 'old man' he saw on television. He said: 'I'm not seeing that doddery old man. I'm seeing a very sharp individual.' Residents have closed ranks around one of their own. But Mr Biden's mental acuity and fitness for office have been under intense scrutiny. Original Sin, by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, was published last week and it claims to lay out exactly who knew what about Mr Biden's growing frailty, as well as the truth about the former president's delayed decision to drop out of the election last year. It revealed that Mr Biden did not recognise George Clooney, someone he had known for decades, at a fundraiser that the actor was throwing in the then president's honour. And staff even discussed the possibility that Mr Biden might have to use a wheelchair during a second term. The book said: 'Given Biden's age, [his physician Dr Kevin] O'Connor also privately said that if he had another bad fall, a wheelchair might be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery.' The former president is now seen as a liability in his own party. A slew of strategists and donors told The Telegraph that he should stay out of the limelight as Democrats prepare for midterm elections next year. One strategist said: 'The best thing he can do is stay home and let a new generation move forward.' This has put a dent in Mr Biden's plans to raise money for a library, which some now fear may not open in his lifetime. For now, it means that he is spending more time in Greenville, where he remains a beloved figure, even among those who wish he had admitted his shortcomings earlier and never run for re-election. 'He's a local hero,' said Peggy Barker, a retired marketing executive, who described running into Mr Biden at restaurants for decades. But she said she felt sadness for a man whose health was clearly in decline. She stopped to talk outside a Walgreens drugstore, which is about a seven-minute drive from Mr Biden's home and where he is often seen. A cashier said: 'He was in a couple of weeks ago.' Another member of staff said he was a regular. She said: 'He'll buy anything, a pack of paper plates, a drink, just normal stuff like anyone would buy. It's like he does it to feel normal.' He returned to political life last month, giving a speech in Chicago, during which he accused the Trump administration of taking a 'hatchet' to the social security system. Prior to Original Sin's publication, he conducted a handful of prebuttal interviews He told ABC's The View: 'They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that.' Yet, most of his time has been spent with family. On Thursday, the former president travelled to Connecticut for the graduation of one of his grandchildren. His staff laid out some details of his post-presidential life, describing how he has been taking the train back and forth to Washington for meetings. Evidence of his travel can be found easily enough at Wilmington's Joseph R Biden Jr railway station. A member of train cleaning staff waiting to board the next Amtrak service south said: 'Look, look, I have a selfie.' He scrolled through the images on his phone to show Mr Biden – nicknamed 'Amtrak Joe' because he would ride the train back and forth to Delaware every day when he was a senator – all smiles in a navy suit. In a video, dated March 31, he walks down the platform surrounded by Secret Service agents, carrying his own briefcase. 'To me he looked great,' said the Amtrak worker, who declined to give his name for fear of getting into trouble. However, he spent most of the past weekend, which included Memorial Day, at home. None of his regular Greenville haunts reported a sighting. He was last seen in Brewhaha, a coffee shop, two weeks ago. And staff at the Charcoal Pit, where he has dined for decades, said he had picked up a takeaway on the Wednesday before last – his usual is a cheesesteak sandwich and its famous black and white triple malted shake. Chris, a 17-year-old student, sitting with a friend in one of the diner's booths beneath a photograph of Mr Biden with the restaurant's manager said: 'I just don't understand how he could have had cancer for so long.' And then he voiced the question that is on everybody's mind: Were the Bidens keeping his illness a secret? 'That may be why he dropped out,' he said, before returning his attention to the sort of giant sandwiches for which the place is famous. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Biden seen for first time since cancer diagnosis
Battered and bruised by a week of revelations about his health, Joe Biden took comfort in a familiar routine and attended evening mass on Saturday. His slimmed-down motorcade – just two black SUVs – drove up just as the bells at St Joseph's on the Brandywine, near his Delaware home, finished tolling. Just as he has done for decades, as senator, vice president and president, he attended five o'clock mass, arriving with just his security detail. He wore a blue blazer and slip-on trainers for his visit, walking past gravestones on his way to the church entrance, offering a cheque for the collection and a hug to a church official. Afterwards he emerged with his sister Valerie, and spent 20 minutes greeting and talking with parishioners, who said he appeared strong and was finding comfort in his faith. Mgr John Hopkins said: 'He's been part of this community for what... 40, 50 years. This is a place where he can be at peace.' A week earlier Mr Biden, 82, revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. During the past week, a book was also published that contains extraordinary allegations that he had struggled to recognise friends or aides at times during his four years in office, while his top officials battled to keep him in power. The details threaten to derail post-presidential plans to build his legacy with a library and to cash in with a memoir and lucrative speaking engagements. Donors are reportedly lukewarm on supporting his library and a slew of strategists told The Telegraph that Mr Biden has become a political liability ahead of crucial midterm elections next year. In the meantime, he has been adjusting to civilian life by returning to a routine well-known to residents around his home in Greenville, an upmarket neighbourhood outside Wilmington, where he built a family home in the 1990s on four acres of land. He has become a regular sight at the railway station, travelling back and forth to Washington, DC. He has posed for selfies at a nearby cafe, shopped at a drugstore, collected takeout from his favourite diner and browsed the rails at a menswear store where he is famous for rarely making purchases. President Biden yesterday visited caffe Brewhaha in Greenville, suburb of Willmington, Delaware. Source of photo: Brewhaha — Biden Activities Tracker (@BidenActivities) May 7, 2025 He visited a JoS A Banks store about three weeks ago, according to Johnnie Morrison, the store's manager. Mr Morrison said staff had gotten used to seeing Secret Service agents turn up minutes before the former president. Mr Biden browsed the shirts, suits, socks and underpants before leaving empty-handed. Mr Morrison said: 'It's what he always does. It's like a habit. 'It's like he does it to get out of the house and get a bit of peace and quiet.' He did the same while he was president. His press pool, waiting outside on a bus, often reported that he had visited the store and left without having bought anything. Mr Morrison added that the man who visited the store bore little resemblance to the 'old man' he saw on television. He said: 'I'm not seeing that doddery old man. I'm seeing a very sharp individual.' Residents have closed ranks around one of their own. But Mr Biden's mental acuity and fitness for office have been under intense scrutiny. Original Sin, by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, was published last week and it claims to lay out exactly who knew what about Mr Biden's growing frailty, as well as the truth about the former president's delayed decision to drop out of the election last year. It revealed that Mr Biden did not recognise George Clooney, someone he had known for decades, at a fundraiser that the actor was throwing in the then president's honour. And staff even discussed the possibility that Mr Biden might have to use a wheelchair during a second term. The book said: 'Given Biden's age, [his physician Dr Kevin] O'Connor also privately said that if he had another bad fall, a wheelchair might be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery.' The former president is now seen as a liability in his own party. A slew of strategists and donors told The Telegraph that he should stay out of the limelight as Democrats prepare for midterm elections next year. One strategist said: 'The best thing he can do is stay home and let a new generation move forward.' This has put a dent in Mr Biden's plans to raise money for a library, which some now fear may not open in his lifetime. For now, it means that he is spending more time in Greenville, where he remains a beloved figure, even among those who wish he had admitted his shortcomings earlier and never run for re-election. 'He's a local hero,' said Peggy Barker, a retired marketing executive, who described running into Mr Biden at restaurants for decades. But she said she felt sadness for a man whose health was clearly in decline. She stopped to talk outside a Walgreens drugstore, which is about a seven-minute drive from Mr Biden's home and where he is often seen. A cashier said: 'He was in a couple of weeks ago.' Another member of staff said he was a regular. She said: 'He'll buy anything, a pack of paper plates, a drink, just normal stuff like anyone would buy. It's like he does it to feel normal.' He returned to political life last month, giving a speech in Chicago, during which he accused the Trump administration of taking a 'hatchet' to the social security system. Prior to Original Sin's publication, he conducted a handful of prebuttal interviews He told ABC's The View: 'They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that.' Yet, most of his time has been spent with family. On Thursday, the former president travelled to Connecticut for the graduation of one of his grandchildren. His staff laid out some details of his post-presidential life, describing how he has been taking the train back and forth to Washington for meetings. Evidence of his travel can be found easily enough at Wilmington's Joseph R Biden Jr railway station. A member of train cleaning staff waiting to board the next Amtrak service south said: 'Look, look, I have a selfie.' 'Amtrak Joe' He scrolled through the images on his phone to show Mr Biden – nicknamed 'Amtrak Joe' because he would ride the train back and forth to Delaware every day when he was a senator – all smiles in a navy suit. In a video, dated March 31, he walks down the platform surrounded by Secret Service agents, carrying his own briefcase. 'To me he looked great,' said the Amtrak worker, who declined to give his name for fear of getting into trouble. However, he spent most of the past weekend, which included Memorial Day, at home. None of his regular Greenville haunts reported a sighting. He was last seen in Brewhaha, a coffee shop, two weeks ago. And staff at the Charcoal Pit, where he has dined for decades, said he had picked up a takeaway on the Wednesday before last – his usual is a cheesesteak sandwich and its famous black and white triple malted shake. Chris, a 17-year-old student, sitting with a friend in one of the diner's booths beneath a photograph of Mr Biden with the restaurant's manager said: 'I just don't understand how he could have had cancer for so long.' And then he voiced the question that is on everybody's mind: Were the Bidens keeping his illness a secret? 'That may be why he dropped out,' he said, before returning his attention to the sort of giant sandwiches for which the place is famous.
